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people were pushed out, in this case about 40 miles away from capetown, concentrated in areas where there was no industry ask the rest of it. -- and the rest of it. so we understand what spatial apartheid looks like in chicago. formal apartheid in which that kind of separation was imposed by law. and be as a result of that, predictable results. the only industry there is the drug industry which jonathan had come up in. his step dad was a big dealer, and he had run away to the streets. so he becomes, in a way, the story intended to explain to people why south africa's still such a violent place and what it is, the logic, that takes somebody who's a very decent kid with a big struggle with his moral conscience about what he will do and won't do. but we see him go fromming beina runaway, homeless runaway, to becoming a beggar, to becoming a thief and then an armed thief and worse. he becomes our window into how that happens for so many young south africans. >> and i'm curious, i mean, how were you able to win his trust the way you were? because he talks about things that could conceivably ge
people were pushed out, in this case about 40 miles away from capetown, concentrated in areas where there was no industry ask the rest of it. -- and the rest of it. so we understand what spatial apartheid looks like in chicago. formal apartheid in which that kind of separation was imposed by law. and be as a result of that, predictable results. the only industry there is the drug industry which jonathan had come up in. his step dad was a big dealer, and he had run away to the streets. so he...
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and so, we were in capetown and we were in the mayor's office in capetown on that day when mandela came in, one of the things we did is when we found out he was being released we told everybody else and hotel, the workers stopped working and everybody started dancing the toy-toy all over the place and spread all over town but anyway, he came into the room and after all those years working to free him and end apartheid, we saw him. we only had old pictures of him. we didn't know what he looked like. we were asking winny and his daughters who did he look like? but we couldn't imagine and there he was in all of his glory to come in and sit down and speak with us and be with us on that day. >> and i know you said or i read that you also said that you weren't sure what to expect but that beautiful, broad smile was something that just lit up the room as always but certainly on that day. >> yes. he had that twinkle in his eye that had -- nelson mandela loved -- he was witty. he loved a joke. he was funny. he was serious but he was also funny. people don't -- he was a human being. >> sure. >> a
and so, we were in capetown and we were in the mayor's office in capetown on that day when mandela came in, one of the things we did is when we found out he was being released we told everybody else and hotel, the workers stopped working and everybody started dancing the toy-toy all over the place and spread all over town but anyway, he came into the room and after all those years working to free him and end apartheid, we saw him. we only had old pictures of him. we didn't know what he looked...
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whether it was in the other places, in the urban dwellings of johannesburg or capetown. he was able to speak to the high and the low. to let them know it was not just for a few but for all. and did he so not looking out for anything for himself but sharing with others. he is a moral for us, the likes of which we will have a very difficult time seeing a replacement any time soon. >> a lot of people are too young to remember the bitter debate in the 1990s about how to deal with south africa. how to try to stop the oppressive and racist apartheid regime. those debates were very vigorous. looking back on them now. a reporter told me this evening that the clerk maintains to this day, the sanctions kept apartheid in place longer. that's not my statement. self serving. >> 20 years of street action, divestment of plans, organized labor, the plan of the universities. they set in and faced jail in defiance and then for a whole year, he went to jail every day for a year. and finally, finally one day congressman asked for a voice vote. the u.s. government declaring sanctions was the
whether it was in the other places, in the urban dwellings of johannesburg or capetown. he was able to speak to the high and the low. to let them know it was not just for a few but for all. and did he so not looking out for anything for himself but sharing with others. he is a moral for us, the likes of which we will have a very difficult time seeing a replacement any time soon. >> a lot of people are too young to remember the bitter debate in the 1990s about how to deal with south...
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after this show airs, i'm going to get a huge amount of mail says why didn't you go to capetown? great modern restaurants. cutting edge chefs. is it all right i missed all that? >> i feel like those particular restaurants in capetown are not really representative of what most people in this country are eating. i think a lot of our most basic stuff is really what we do best. this food has absolutely got no interest in fashion. it's never going to change. there'll still be the monkey gland sauce. >> you think the white chefs here understand the greatest advantage they have is that this enormous pan african larder of ingredients and flavors? >> no. if you're a whitey in the city, you're probably going to eat the worst food of anyone in the city, quite honestly. in every country, i mean, obviously food is political. it always feels like it's a bit more political here. that there are these layers of things that you couldn't have. like restaurants. i go to restaurants. i think to myself, wow, this many years ago, i couldn't have come here with this person. they were not allowed to sit
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. >> this is the capetown you won't see in tourist brochures. mixed race known under the apartheid system as colored. the western cape is the only province not held by the anc. in 1994, they supported the national party which introduced apartheid. the party considered to be predominantly white. tiny aaron raf says these people were treated better under apractitioner tight than blacks so feel marginalized by whites. >> came into the area in pursuit of jobs and other facilities. in many respects what happened to colored people is they identified with the europeans and disassociated themselves. >> some people we spoke to at this market said race is an issue but it comes down to who governs better. >> translator: it's because people watch tv, read the papers and they see corruption in the anc and fraud and it's the people inside governments that do those things. >> reporter: just like the annc has struggled to reduce there discrimination. drug abuse and a big gang problem but it also seems as if the people here have no intention of exchanging their
. >> this is the capetown you won't see in tourist brochures. mixed race known under the apartheid system as colored. the western cape is the only province not held by the anc. in 1994, they supported the national party which introduced apartheid. the party considered to be predominantly white. tiny aaron raf says these people were treated better under apractitioner tight than blacks so feel marginalized by whites. >> came into the area in pursuit of jobs and other facilities. in...
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back in 1990 he was speaking at a church service outside capetown shortly before mandela was released. tonight, jackson is praising mandela's non-violence stance in fighting racism. >> and he is delighted in some sense. he said to me trs ago that he was captured. he would have rather been captured 27 years than have on his hands people from a hospital and school. he could not reconcile with his son shens. that was the soul of the man. >> a delegation from his rain bow push coalition. we just learned that in new york city tonight, the lights on the empire state building will shine in the colors of the south african flag in honor of nelson mandela. jim? doreen? >> thank you. >>> virginia tech has a >>> virginia state police launched a new app today aimed at smartphone users in the commonwealth. see something, say something. you can send police pictures or video of suspicious situations. police chose potomac mills mall to debut the new tool. some worry about privacy issues. >> luxury of being anonymous is slightly taken away from you because they now have your cell phone number and your
back in 1990 he was speaking at a church service outside capetown shortly before mandela was released. tonight, jackson is praising mandela's non-violence stance in fighting racism. >> and he is delighted in some sense. he said to me trs ago that he was captured. he would have rather been captured 27 years than have on his hands people from a hospital and school. he could not reconcile with his son shens. that was the soul of the man. >> a delegation from his rain bow push...
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. >> reporter: four miles off of capetown, south africa, mandela spent 27 years cut off from the world but not forgotten. released at the age of 72 in '90 he remained ever vigilant that his country and its freedoms rested in the hands of its people. >> black and white, apartheid has no future. >> reporter: in 1994, south africans cast their ballot in the first democratic election. this morning applause for the first black voter. mandela became the country's president, the first elected by all of its people. >> we are all south africans. we have had a good fight but now this is a time to heal the old wound and to build a new south africa. ♪ >> reporter: after ruling for five years, nelson mandela passed the torch to the next generation and became an elder statesman to the world, a fighter, a visionary. the voice of his people and more accomplished. >> abc news. >> today following his passing the new south african president, president zuma said our nation has lost its greatest son and our people have lost a father. >> a man whose fighting spirit was matched by his humility and compassi
. >> reporter: four miles off of capetown, south africa, mandela spent 27 years cut off from the world but not forgotten. released at the age of 72 in '90 he remained ever vigilant that his country and its freedoms rested in the hands of its people. >> black and white, apartheid has no future. >> reporter: in 1994, south africans cast their ballot in the first democratic election. this morning applause for the first black voter. mandela became the country's president, the...
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he spent numerous years on the notorious robben island located off capetown. their cells were a few meters apart. a few hours ago, he called in and explained how mandela was able to win over his wardens. >> i want people in south africa and the world have lost a formidable leader, i must say a leader of freight fortitude, nelson mandela, it is not about power but on the career, it is ability honor, about suspected love for the people. that's what he we learned from nelson mandela, that god stays with him on robben island. today he is seen as an icon of the world whose teachings as well as principles need to be embraced by all, but nelson mandela was embraced by even white jailers ob robben island because he demonstrated that through the power of dialogue, through the l. and too many of reconciliation, people on both sides can come together. that's how we in south africa were able to dissolve our indistractible problems and created by the racist system of apartheid, we concluded in order for us to create a democratic society for a non-grashl in south africa wil
he spent numerous years on the notorious robben island located off capetown. their cells were a few meters apart. a few hours ago, he called in and explained how mandela was able to win over his wardens. >> i want people in south africa and the world have lost a formidable leader, i must say a leader of freight fortitude, nelson mandela, it is not about power but on the career, it is ability honor, about suspected love for the people. that's what he we learned from nelson mandela, that...
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. >> reporter: and archbishop desmond tutu in capetown. >> we have lost our father. >> reporter: pope francis reflected on mandela's legacy in a statement. i pray the late president's example will inspire generations of south africans to put justice and common good at the forefront of their political aspirations. here south africans are hoping for the opportunity to express their own condolences at an anticipated series of memorial services. charlie, gayle, norah? >> alphonso, thanks. president obama will go to south africa for mandela's services. he's expected to deliver a you'll only eulogy. >> more than could be expected of my man. and today he's gone home. and we've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. he no longer belongs to us. he belongs to the ages. >> president obama met mandela in 2005 when he was a senator. when the president visited south africa earlier this year, president mandela was too ill to meet with him. >> james baker was the first american official to meet with nelson mande
. >> reporter: and archbishop desmond tutu in capetown. >> we have lost our father. >> reporter: pope francis reflected on mandela's legacy in a statement. i pray the late president's example will inspire generations of south africans to put justice and common good at the forefront of their political aspirations. here south africans are hoping for the opportunity to express their own condolences at an anticipated series of memorial services. charlie, gayle, norah? >>...
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this was in capetown, south africa. desmond tutu offered his condolences to the mandela family. tutu himself, a social rights activist from south africa. mandela impacted the entire soul. he spoke passionately about the power of education and sports, a way to advance and unite. nbc bay area's jean elle joins us in san francisco with more. >> reporter: nelson mandela was not a big rugby fan. but he showed his support for south africa's all-white rugby team. and it was a game-changer for his country. the reverend avis brown remembers the historic moment. >> i'm right there. >> reporter: reverend amos brown spent time with nelson mandela in south africa and here in the bay area. brown says president mandela's focus was unity. and he used sport to bring bitterly divided south africa together. >> and that was one of his most defining moments. when he showed up. to applaud the team. >> reporter: mandela wasn't just applauding any team. he showed up at the world cup victory game, wearing the team's jersey and hat. the team was all-white. everyone in the stands was white. the team and i
this was in capetown, south africa. desmond tutu offered his condolences to the mandela family. tutu himself, a social rights activist from south africa. mandela impacted the entire soul. he spoke passionately about the power of education and sports, a way to advance and unite. nbc bay area's jean elle joins us in san francisco with more. >> reporter: nelson mandela was not a big rugby fan. but he showed his support for south africa's all-white rugby team. and it was a game-changer for...
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. >> reporter: he was suddenly photographing a spontaneous celebration in capetown. >> there were 150,000 people outside going nuts waiting to see their leader. >> reporter: that's when mandela stepped out on a balcony and spoke publicly for the first time since his release. >> i think we've always experienced somebody when you feel like everything's going to be okay. that's how you feel when you're around mandela. >> reporter: years later two young boys climbed onto man tell la's lap and one asked what seemed like a logical question. >> "how could they put new prison for 27 years, you've never stolen anything." in classic mandela way he sort of paused and he said "sweetheart, i actually have stolen something, i stole freedom for our people." >> reporter: you heard him say that? >> it was kind of just one of those moments where as a photographer, the tears start to actually kind of cloud the ability to look through the viewfinder. >> reporter: turnley also witnessed mandela's visit to his old cell on robben island. there he saw the same unwavering dignity and resolve that carried mandela,
. >> reporter: he was suddenly photographing a spontaneous celebration in capetown. >> there were 150,000 people outside going nuts waiting to see their leader. >> reporter: that's when mandela stepped out on a balcony and spoke publicly for the first time since his release. >> i think we've always experienced somebody when you feel like everything's going to be okay. that's how you feel when you're around mandela. >> reporter: years later two young boys climbed...
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. >> part of my interview with nelson mandela in capetown at the residence in 1998. these are live pictures here from johannesburg outside the home of nelson mandela. now it is approaching 2:00 a.m. to celebrate what's going on. this is new york city, harlem. the apollo theater in memory of nelson mandela on the marquis where people are getting ready to remember him. there will be a memorial service in washington. we're about to get some details. much more of our special coverage right after this. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> people all over the world are remembering nelson mandela. don lemon is in harlem at the apollo theater. a very special place, tell us why. >> reporter: absolutely. he visited here in 1990 after he got out of prison. you can see the marquis. it says nelson mandela, 1918-2013. he changed our world. i'm standing here next to this gentleman for a reason. he is the in-house cultural director and tour guide for the apollo. you were here when nelson mande
. >> part of my interview with nelson mandela in capetown at the residence in 1998. these are live pictures here from johannesburg outside the home of nelson mandela. now it is approaching 2:00 a.m. to celebrate what's going on. this is new york city, harlem. the apollo theater in memory of nelson mandela on the marquis where people are getting ready to remember him. there will be a memorial service in washington. we're about to get some details. much more of our special coverage right...
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that was the top of table mountain here in capetown behind me. that mandela would look to this view, wondering if he'd ever be free. but mandela was always preparing for that day. he asked the jailer to teach him africans, the language of the whites in power. there were essays and the red pen that corrected them. on the day mandela was released, his speech was delivered in africans. mandela famously said, if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. if you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. >> that's what he did. that's what he strived for. that's what he loved for. that's what he fighted for while he was in prison, to have people live in peace. >> reporter: the jailer, who became a trusted friend, now remembering nelson mandela. >> incredible story there. he touched so many lives. talk show titan oprah winfrey weighing in on mandela's passing. >> winfrey, who credits mandela as the inspiration for her school in south africa, said being in his fence was like sitting with grace and majesty at the same
that was the top of table mountain here in capetown behind me. that mandela would look to this view, wondering if he'd ever be free. but mandela was always preparing for that day. he asked the jailer to teach him africans, the language of the whites in power. there were essays and the red pen that corrected them. on the day mandela was released, his speech was delivered in africans. mandela famously said, if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. if you talk to...
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the motorcade had a change plans several times because the approaches to capetown were jammed. >> pelley: archbishop desmond tutu said prison made the man. >> fairly robust and aggressive young, militant became a generous and upstanding person. >> i cherish the idea of the new south africa where all south africans are equal. >> pelley: in 1993 mandela and the south african president who freed him f.w. de klerk shared the nobel peace prize. and a year after that, mandela became south africa's president. >> let there be justice for all. let there be peace for all. let there be bread, water wealth, and salt for all. let freedom reign. god bless africa. i thank you. >> pelley: mandela chose to serve only one term. in the end, he came to personify struggle, a political prisoner who became president and saved his south african nation. >> i mean he could easily have lead our country down the road of retribution and revenge and we would have been up a creek. >> pelley: author maya angelou knew mandela since 1960. >> nelson mandela represents the best any of us can hope for. he was a great man. a
the motorcade had a change plans several times because the approaches to capetown were jammed. >> pelley: archbishop desmond tutu said prison made the man. >> fairly robust and aggressive young, militant became a generous and upstanding person. >> i cherish the idea of the new south africa where all south africans are equal. >> pelley: in 1993 mandela and the south african president who freed him f.w. de klerk shared the nobel peace prize. and a year after that, mandela...
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>> reporter: when cameraman chris everson and sound man nick della casa arrived in a suburb outside capetown there was no more violence than usual. but it would escalate into an event that many said did more damage to the south african's regime's international image that all the other coverage combined. >> there were a bunch of kid standing on a street corner, probably about 30 strong. clearly there had been some incident already. not wanting to be part of the scene, we set ourselves well back from it. >> reporter: just up the road but out of sight cbs cameraman wim de vos and anton van der >> reporter: just up the road but out of sight cbs cameraman wim de vos and anton van der merwe no strangers to police harassment arrived there. >> i could see the rocks in their hands. i wasn't that far away from it i thought oh, there comes trouble. >> reporter: chris everson had the same gut feeling. >> a flatbed vehicle with boxes on the back and i filmed the truck as it went down the road away from me towards the group of kids on the corner. >> reporter: then the truck turned around and came back. >>
>> reporter: when cameraman chris everson and sound man nick della casa arrived in a suburb outside capetown there was no more violence than usual. but it would escalate into an event that many said did more damage to the south african's regime's international image that all the other coverage combined. >> there were a bunch of kid standing on a street corner, probably about 30 strong. clearly there had been some incident already. not wanting to be part of the scene, we set...
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. >> reporter: this morning, archbishop desmond tutu leading those around the world and in capetown in prayer for mandela. >> thank you for the gift of man de -- madiba. . >> reporter: today south africans paid tribute to father as they call him with makeshift memorials. december 5th now marks the day of south african's deepest sorrow. but it's also a day that the country's president said should mark their greatest determination to continue nelson mandela's legacy. >> to live as madiba has lived, to strive as he has strived and to not rest until we have realized his vision of a truly united south africa. >> reporter: many south africans today, there's a bittersweet sense, they're relieved that he's not suffering but they're sad that this man who created this nation has gone. when i think of it, when i talk to people, the two phrases that keep on coming up, all they're saying, all people here are saying is thank you and good-bye. >> robyn, thanks so much with starting us off with our tribute to nelson mandela. >>> nelson mandela changed the world and now the world is honoring him. the a
. >> reporter: this morning, archbishop desmond tutu leading those around the world and in capetown in prayer for mandela. >> thank you for the gift of man de -- madiba. . >> reporter: today south africans paid tribute to father as they call him with makeshift memorials. december 5th now marks the day of south african's deepest sorrow. but it's also a day that the country's president said should mark their greatest determination to continue nelson mandela's legacy. >> to...
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i had the privilege and honor of interviewing nelson mandela in capetown the next day and it was amazing to me, donna brazile is watching as we await president obama, donna, it was amazing to me that he showed, even though he had been at robin island the day before, where he had been so brutally treated for so many years, no bitterness, no anger. he said we need all south africans, we need all south africans to work together because this can be a great country. if we fight each other, the whole country will be destroyed. >> you know, he believed when he left robin island that it was time to bring people together -- >> hold on, donna. here's the president of the united states. >> at his trial in 1964, nelson mandela closed a statement saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against black domination. i have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. it is an ideal which i hope to live for and to achieve but if need be, it is an ideal for which i am prepared to die. nelson mandela l
i had the privilege and honor of interviewing nelson mandela in capetown the next day and it was amazing to me, donna brazile is watching as we await president obama, donna, it was amazing to me that he showed, even though he had been at robin island the day before, where he had been so brutally treated for so many years, no bitterness, no anger. he said we need all south africans, we need all south africans to work together because this can be a great country. if we fight each other, the whole...
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a south african himself, al jazeera reports from capetown. far limit, memory of that day when he delivered his first address. >> this is the way he has his own place. from the tour guide, demonstrating that even the great can sometimes get it wrong. the former president making a speak. and he -- making a speech he noticed a red button that kept on flicking next to him. he didn't know what was going on, so he had to stop and find out what was really going on. >> you don't have to worry nobody is in darer, but that is to indicate that the person is speaking for a long time. >> underlying the last real affection, and a genuine acknowledgement that he made to create a better life for all. >> especially nor the young people today. he made a sacrifice, and a lot of opportunity came from the decisions he had made. >> he fought before that this he is living in now. >> nelson mandela was a fighter. not only for south africa now, it is for all the world, he is a peacemaker, as somebody who is stand for his people, and not only for black people, but for
a south african himself, al jazeera reports from capetown. far limit, memory of that day when he delivered his first address. >> this is the way he has his own place. from the tour guide, demonstrating that even the great can sometimes get it wrong. the former president making a speak. and he -- making a speech he noticed a red button that kept on flicking next to him. he didn't know what was going on, so he had to stop and find out what was really going on. >> you don't have to...
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. >> al jazeera, capetown south africa. >> ross is back with sport as lot of excitement surrounding the heisman. question have four quarterbacks -- forked seas presentation of the heisman trophy. honestly, people, everyone is playing for second place. 138 touch downs while leading the seminoles to the number one ranking. the other contenders include last year's winner who could become the first back to back trophy winner. and 75, now it is very likely that will have another red shirt freshman win the heisman, and earlier tonight, i spoke to our college insider about the impact that these underclassman are making. look at a guy like johnny manzell, i think that has helped him, so in the off season he spent as lot of time with him. he has god given talent. people were comparing him to charley ward before he even took a snap. and he has proved us all right. i think these guys are coming in. they are more composed, i think they are better trains they have been in the weight room more, and i think they are able to compete with these tougher older guys, more so than they have in the past. >>
. >> al jazeera, capetown south africa. >> ross is back with sport as lot of excitement surrounding the heisman. question have four quarterbacks -- forked seas presentation of the heisman trophy. honestly, people, everyone is playing for second place. 138 touch downs while leading the seminoles to the number one ranking. the other contenders include last year's winner who could become the first back to back trophy winner. and 75, now it is very likely that will have another red...
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he presided over a church service in capetown to remember his friend a short time ago. these pictures coming into us about 30 minutes ago and people listening to mr. tutu's every word about his friend. archbishop tutu also released a statement saying, we quote, over the past 24 hour years madiba taught us how to come together and to believe in ourselves and each other. he was a unifier from the moment he walked out of prison. we are relieved that his suffering is over, but our relief is drowned by our grief. may he rest in peace and rise in glory. >> the memorials, the ceremonies are just beginning. so, too, will be the celebrations when people remember what a great bhan hefrls, all hills achievements he has done, so much more than anybody else, really, when you think about his life and impact on the world. there is so much to play out in the coming days. >> so many people who were younger who maybe missed if nelson mandela moments will get to learn about this great man, a whole new generation will, perhaps. >> absolutely. we have much more ahead on the legacy of nelson
he presided over a church service in capetown to remember his friend a short time ago. these pictures coming into us about 30 minutes ago and people listening to mr. tutu's every word about his friend. archbishop tutu also released a statement saying, we quote, over the past 24 hour years madiba taught us how to come together and to believe in ourselves and each other. he was a unifier from the moment he walked out of prison. we are relieved that his suffering is over, but our relief is drowned...
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schools on the bleak south side capetown are more typical the system is troubled with. >> information technology. >> activists argue, there is a dangerous gap between the promise of education and what it actually delivers. schools boast a 70% pass rate but to graduate students only need 30% of on their exams. a third of them won't be literate by the time they leave. >> about 50% of those young people have fallen out of the system. so irt also has to do with the curriculum. it also has to do with the kind of training that our teachers had during the end today. >> so schools are still struggling with the legacy of apartheid, this generation is bearing the scars of the system much longer than nelson mandela ever imagined. peti gresta, al jazeera, cape town. >> the short list of the world football, surprises el madrid and bril brilliant in 2013, spog 16 goals for club and country. barcelona's are star has won this crown but argentina has been troubled by injury this year. midfielder, won the champions league as well as the bundesliga, on january the 13th. former the english footballer, d.
schools on the bleak south side capetown are more typical the system is troubled with. >> information technology. >> activists argue, there is a dangerous gap between the promise of education and what it actually delivers. schools boast a 70% pass rate but to graduate students only need 30% of on their exams. a third of them won't be literate by the time they leave. >> about 50% of those young people have fallen out of the system. so irt also has to do with the curriculum. it...
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. >> you and i were in capetown, south africa, together a couple years ago during the world cup, when "time" magazine and "fortune" magazine, cnn, we hosted an international conference and president bill clinton was the featured speaker. bill clinton's relationship with nelson mandela was really, really powerful, wasn't it? >> it was very powerful, wolf. i know they both cherished it, president mandela cherished it and i know president clinton did. in some ways maybe it's presumptuous to say it was a little bit of a father/son relationship. clinton looked up to mandela. mandela was an adviser to him and almost a very personal intimate way, and they shared a real bond, and i loved those beautiful photographs of when clinton went with mandela to robben island and you see them both looking out of mandela's old cell, very powerful. >> i interviewed nelson mandela the day after that visit to robben island back in march of 1998, and during that interview, he spoke glowingly of president clinton, but he also made it clear he did not a have a problem criticizing various u.s. policies and maki
. >> you and i were in capetown, south africa, together a couple years ago during the world cup, when "time" magazine and "fortune" magazine, cnn, we hosted an international conference and president bill clinton was the featured speaker. bill clinton's relationship with nelson mandela was really, really powerful, wasn't it? >> it was very powerful, wolf. i know they both cherished it, president mandela cherished it and i know president clinton did. in some ways...
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capetown police say that the home of retired archbishop desmond tutu was robbed while he was at nelson mandela's memorial service. no arrests have been made. >>> as a commemoration of mandela's life continues, the mood changed from celebratory to somber as his casket traveled through the nation's capital. thousands lined the streets to pay respects to the first leader of the new south africa. the long lines formed. south africans were able to offer final good-byes. >>> mandela's memorial that drew 100 dignitaries all around the world is considered one of the largest gatherings of global leaders in recent history. the memorial services have not been without controversy. the country's current president faced booed. then there was this, you see it there, a fake sign language interpreter. it turns out that his gestures were nothing more than charades. this is not a real sign language. incredibly this same man offered his sign language at a speech by president zuma last year. >>> almost 20 years the word watched in horror as genocide unfolded in the central african nation of rwanda. now an
capetown police say that the home of retired archbishop desmond tutu was robbed while he was at nelson mandela's memorial service. no arrests have been made. >>> as a commemoration of mandela's life continues, the mood changed from celebratory to somber as his casket traveled through the nation's capital. thousands lined the streets to pay respects to the first leader of the new south africa. the long lines formed. south africans were able to offer final good-byes. >>>...
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overnight, desmond tutu led a prayer service in capetown, calling for his countrymen to carry on mandela's legacy. >> let us reach out to one another. and let madiba's dream be our dream. >> reporter: the mood here far more celebratory than sad, as people make the choice to embrace by what was given, instead of being sad by what was lost. every day here in south africa, until mr. mandela is finally laid to rest. >> a man who changed the world. >>> our ron claiborne has covered nelson mandela extensively throughout the years. >> ron has had many experiences and memories. and is here with a personal take on the story. >> when you cover a story or a person, it requires professional detachment. we're supposed to stand back, observe and report. for nelson mandela, it was difficult for me personally, because something kept getting in the way. the fact that i admired the man deeply. the first time i saw nelson mandela was at yankee stadium in 1990. six months after he had been released from prison. i was in awe, probably we all were. but then he did something that charmed all of us. >> you now kn
overnight, desmond tutu led a prayer service in capetown, calling for his countrymen to carry on mandela's legacy. >> let us reach out to one another. and let madiba's dream be our dream. >> reporter: the mood here far more celebratory than sad, as people make the choice to embrace by what was given, instead of being sad by what was lost. every day here in south africa, until mr. mandela is finally laid to rest. >> a man who changed the world. >>> our ron claiborne...
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. >> reporter: she posted the tweet on friday just before a nearly 12-hour flight from london to capetown, south africa. while she was apparently off line in midair, millions were on line, anxiously waiting for her to land and see the uproar her tweet caused. the hash tag #hasjustinelandedyet became an instant trend. her former bosses at iac call the tweet outrageous and offensive. >> there are so many teachable moments here. think before you tweet and never, never put out something that could be perceived as racist. >> reporter: this photo shows sacco at the south africa airport when she landed. she deleted the tweet and her entire account. she tells us it is terribly easy to be cavalier about an epidemic that one has never witnessed firsthand. i'm ashamed. so many say she should have known better not only because of her job talking to reporters but also because she herself was born in south africa. she tells us she cherishes her south african ties and she's very sorry. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> our facebook question of the day, have you ever regretted something you shared on s
. >> reporter: she posted the tweet on friday just before a nearly 12-hour flight from london to capetown, south africa. while she was apparently off line in midair, millions were on line, anxiously waiting for her to land and see the uproar her tweet caused. the hash tag #hasjustinelandedyet became an instant trend. her former bosses at iac call the tweet outrageous and offensive. >> there are so many teachable moments here. think before you tweet and never, never put out something...
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>> it's about an 11-hour flight between thereon done and capetown. this thing took off while she took off. imagine when she landed and saw -- >> the firestorm she was facing. >> not exactly what she was expecting. and the fact that she's a public relations -- was a public relations executive makes it even more mind-boggling. >>> dylan is outside enjoying these record breaking temperatures. 67. does it feel nice out there? >> it's warmer out here than it is inside right now. >> where is everybody's jacket. >> do you expect this kind of weather in new york city? it doesn't feel like christmas, but it will. by the time we get to christmas, it's going to cool down across most of the country. take a look at sheboygan, wisconsin right now. that's where it's cold and it looks like christmas. temperature is 21 degrees, feels like 4 degrees with thend chill. the total opposite of what we're seeing here. but it is going to cool down. we have a really cold air mass through the northern plains into areas like wisconsin and that is going to move into our area in
>> it's about an 11-hour flight between thereon done and capetown. this thing took off while she took off. imagine when she landed and saw -- >> the firestorm she was facing. >> not exactly what she was expecting. and the fact that she's a public relations -- was a public relations executive makes it even more mind-boggling. >>> dylan is outside enjoying these record breaking temperatures. 67. does it feel nice out there? >> it's warmer out here than it is...
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reverend jesse jackson was in capetown, south africa, the day that nelson mandela was released from prison. thanks for coming on with us, reverend. >> good morning, lester. >> reporter: take me back to the day in capetown 23 years ago. i think the world held its breath not knowing which way things would go when mandela rah released. what rur memoriare your memorie? >> he was challenging that kinship between the u.s. and britain and south africa to end their apartheid regime. he was put on the terrorist list and to his lasting credit, president george bush kicked him off the terrorist list july 1st, 2008, for that long. yet, through all of that, he made some tough choices. a wonderful moment of receiving him. he was so clear on what his options were and he chose, at that time, reconciliation over revenge and retaliation. that was when we took his struggle to another moral plane. >> reverend jackson, i think you made this point at the time that he was released while he was free from jail he was not a free man because he was a black man in south africa at the time. was it clear to you that re
reverend jesse jackson was in capetown, south africa, the day that nelson mandela was released from prison. thanks for coming on with us, reverend. >> good morning, lester. >> reporter: take me back to the day in capetown 23 years ago. i think the world held its breath not knowing which way things would go when mandela rah released. what rur memoriare your memorie? >> he was challenging that kinship between the u.s. and britain and south africa to end their apartheid regime....
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>> reporter: it's been an extraordinary ten days, laura, from soweto to kqunu to pretori to capetown, the entire country touched by a reach of series of commemorative events that made up an extraordinary state funeral for nelson mandela over the last seven days in particular, but ten days now since he died. it hasn't been free of controversy. if you think of what must have been arranged so hastily to put it together to welcome and accommodate more than 90 world leaders on tuesday and a good number of others now and three days lying in straight in pretoria and street parades and so on. an enormous logistical and security challenge. there was the booing of jacob zuma as he entered the stadium in soweto for the memorial service on tuesday. that's an indication of political challenges ahead for nelson mandela's cherished african national congress that isn't altogether the party it was when he was around. there were security breaches. the sign language interpreter who was hired to stand beside the likes of barack obama turned out to be a diagnosed schizophrenic having some sort of mental o
>> reporter: it's been an extraordinary ten days, laura, from soweto to kqunu to pretori to capetown, the entire country touched by a reach of series of commemorative events that made up an extraordinary state funeral for nelson mandela over the last seven days in particular, but ten days now since he died. it hasn't been free of controversy. if you think of what must have been arranged so hastily to put it together to welcome and accommodate more than 90 world leaders on tuesday and a...
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. ♪ ♪ >>> nasa sharing this image of capetown, which served as a key setting for the march for racial equality. meantime on earth, our satellites are tracking dangerous weather news. trick ice and heavy snow is pushing north to the great lakes. jay gray is out in the middle of it and in hard hit little rock, arkansas. >> reporter: hey there, ari, getting in front of this storm in the arkansas area. we've seen driving sleet, snow throughout most of the morning and into the afternoon. right now thankfully its let up. can you see for the most part crippled things. a few people getting out but just creeping along. the problem is this slush you see them driving through and a lot of it still ice, is going to refreeze. the temperature only dropping right now and will continue to drop. another problem, there could be another round of snow and ice through the weekend. they don't expect temperatures across the region the central part of the country that's been hit so hard to climb above freezing to maybe late sunday into monday. and right behind that another system looks like it's going to move
. ♪ ♪ >>> nasa sharing this image of capetown, which served as a key setting for the march for racial equality. meantime on earth, our satellites are tracking dangerous weather news. trick ice and heavy snow is pushing north to the great lakes. jay gray is out in the middle of it and in hard hit little rock, arkansas. >> reporter: hey there, ari, getting in front of this storm in the arkansas area. we've seen driving sleet, snow throughout most of the morning and into the...
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we leave you this hour with that song from the capetown youth choir. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what a smile, what a life. that's it for this edition of "360." thank you so much for watching. >>> an amazing story of survival, a family stranded for 48 hours. all the right decisions they made that kept them alive. >>> theast coast smacked again by a powerful winter storm. the damage done and what's in store for people today. >>> and the tribute continuing in south africa for nelson mandela this rning. the public given a chance to honor a legend. we are live there. >> good morning, everyone. welcome "early start." i'm john berman. >> john berman who never
we leave you this hour with that song from the capetown youth choir. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what a smile, what a life. that's it for this edition of "360." thank you so much for watching. >>> an amazing story of survival, a family stranded for 48 hours. all the right decisions they made that kept them alive. >>> theast coast smacked again by a powerful winter storm. the damage done and what's in store for people today. >>> and the tribute continuing...
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. >> and here's a live picture from the town square in capetown, south africa. nelson mandela, out of prison for only a few hours, has arrived here to find a huge crowd. >> i stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. >> that was the moment back in 1990, when nelson mandela left robben island a free man. just four days later, he sat down with ted koppel to reflect on the 27 years behind bars and the road ahead. he wanted to start somewhere else, with buster douglas' fight with mike tyson. >> i think the last top nick the world that people expect to hear nelson mandela talking about, boking. >> yes. >> you were surprised by the fight the other night with tyson? >> yes, i was very much surprised. i took it for granted he would win. >> so did he. >> yes. >> did you ever think of turning pro? turning professional? >> no, i never did. >> but you were a good boxer? >> i do not know. that is for others to say. >> when you were in prison, did you keep up? did you keep up boxing at all? >> uh, no. exercises. kipping -- skipping. a
. >> and here's a live picture from the town square in capetown, south africa. nelson mandela, out of prison for only a few hours, has arrived here to find a huge crowd. >> i stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. >> that was the moment back in 1990, when nelson mandela left robben island a free man. just four days later, he sat down with ted koppel to reflect on the 27 years behind bars and the road ahead. he wanted to start...
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down in capetown this morning, the hard core surfers gathered in a big circle in the ocean on their boards and joined hands in tribute. one described it in one word, goose bumps. lester? >> charlene hunter galt is an nbc news special correspondent who has lived here in south africa and interviewed mandela on a number of occasions. great to be with you. >> great to be here, especially here. >> an amazing moment to be he n when he was first released from prison. talk to him about how people review him as a mythical character. he tried to downplay that. it makes me wonder how he would view all of this. >> let me say how nostalgic it is. i was just across the street when he first got out of prison. i think he'd actually be pleased. he's a very modest man, but i think he also enjoyed the fact that people appreciated him and what he was trying to do and his message. and i think he'd be thrilled by this actually. >> look around you, look at all the young people here that were born after he was released from prison, after he left office. >> we called them the born frees. >> i wonder if they've got
down in capetown this morning, the hard core surfers gathered in a big circle in the ocean on their boards and joined hands in tribute. one described it in one word, goose bumps. lester? >> charlene hunter galt is an nbc news special correspondent who has lived here in south africa and interviewed mandela on a number of occasions. great to be with you. >> great to be here, especially here. >> an amazing moment to be he n when he was first released from prison. talk to him...
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she was on this flight to capetown. she wasn't going to comment. i think news organizations are caught between -- we don't want to ignore what's going on online but do we need to get in the mix and make it into a bigger story and amplify it by bringing in "the new york times" which leads to "nightly news" and other things. >> trial by social media. justine sacco said insensitive things but a mob scene is not right. tell me if i'm wrong. you can say media did her in. i think it was normal ordinary twitter users who got this thing lit up. >> that's when people took notice is number of retweets and number of followers she had. i guess the question is what's the standard for giving pitch forks out and going after someone like this. on one hand, i think most people had never heard of who this person was. in some sense she's not a major public official. the other side of the argument, people would say she represents and speaks for a major corporation and a public relations official and should know better and in that sense she's fair game. >> that's why i
she was on this flight to capetown. she wasn't going to comment. i think news organizations are caught between -- we don't want to ignore what's going on online but do we need to get in the mix and make it into a bigger story and amplify it by bringing in "the new york times" which leads to "nightly news" and other things. >> trial by social media. justine sacco said insensitive things but a mob scene is not right. tell me if i'm wrong. you can say media did her in. i...
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he walked into the room at the back of the hall in capetown and said, freedom fighter, i was calling for god. he had been watching the campaigns on television, very current, very up to date, and was just warm, and in addition to the speech he gave, it must have been that he knew every name in the room and he came out with his feet on the ground. it was one of the biggest moments in his life. >> tom, you interviewed him right after he had been released. we have a portion of that. i want to show that and have you reflect on it. >> what did you most want to see in the outside world all those years that you were in prison? >> a host of things. i can't even count them. the very question of being outside and being able to do what you like, to see the changes that have taken place, the changes that we have seen on television, we have listened to, you know, on the radio. even though they are not the basic changes that we demand, nevertheless, south africa has changed considerably from the time i went to jail, and i wanted to see those changes. >> everyone agrees that prison did help shape hi
he walked into the room at the back of the hall in capetown and said, freedom fighter, i was calling for god. he had been watching the campaigns on television, very current, very up to date, and was just warm, and in addition to the speech he gave, it must have been that he knew every name in the room and he came out with his feet on the ground. it was one of the biggest moments in his life. >> tom, you interviewed him right after he had been released. we have a portion of that. i want to...
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we leave you this hour with that song from the capetown youth choir. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what a smile. what a life. lovely. that's it for this edition of "360." thanks for watching, "the 11th hour" hosted by don lemmon starts right now. >>> you are looking live at new york city. it's in the even winter yet, but today is a record for snowfall for the day dating back to 1932. and that's nothing. 90% of the country will have below normal temperatures by morning. anybody else out there think this is extreme weather? it is 11:00 in the east, everyone. do you know where your news is? i'm don lemmon. this is "the 11th hour" the last word on today and what you'll be talking about tomorrow. and baby know it's a cliche' but it is cold outside! but is it just weather or should we be worried? we be worried? really worried? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
we leave you this hour with that song from the capetown youth choir. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what a smile. what a life. lovely. that's it for this edition of "360." thanks for watching, "the 11th hour" hosted by don lemmon starts right now. >>> you are looking live at new york city. it's in the even winter yet, but today is a record for snowfall for the day dating back to 1932. and that's nothing. 90% of the country will have below normal temperatures by morning....
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personal income for white south africans increased by 62% between '93 and 2008, and that's according to capetown university economist mary liebrant. unemployment is still high, 25%, stubbornly high, but look at the alternative and the path that mandela chose. remember, south africa frankly was extremely lucky that it didn't follow the path of its neighbor to the north, zimbabwe, and its president. under mandela's guidance, there were no land reforms that took property from white farmers and awarded it to cronies undermining production and growth on the way. mandela instead presiding over the nonviolent absorption of the black majority population into an economy which they had previously been totally excluded, with incomes, access to services and civil rights all dramatically improving as well. now, i did not have as many encounters with nelson mandela as our good friend bob johnson did, but one of the most memorable days of my life, it was bill clinton's inaugural, the morning of. i was on the capitol grounds. i happened to be walking around at the time and i literally bumped into nelson mandela
personal income for white south africans increased by 62% between '93 and 2008, and that's according to capetown university economist mary liebrant. unemployment is still high, 25%, stubbornly high, but look at the alternative and the path that mandela chose. remember, south africa frankly was extremely lucky that it didn't follow the path of its neighbor to the north, zimbabwe, and its president. under mandela's guidance, there were no land reforms that took property from white farmers and...